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JOLLI
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
Age Differences in Adults' Use of Referring Expressions
The aim of this article is to investigate whether choosing the appropriate referring expression requires taking into account the hearer's perspective, as is predicted under so...
Petra Hendriks, Christina Englert, Ellis Wubs, Joh...
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Interactive effects of age and interface differences on search strategies and performance
We present results from an experiment that studied the information search behavior of younger and older adults in a medical decision-making task. To study how different combinatio...
Jessie Chin, Wai-Tat Fu
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Desiring to be in touch in a changing communications landscape: attitudes of older adults
This paper offers an exploration of the attitudes of older adults to keeping in touch with people who are important to them. We present findings from three focus groups with peopl...
Abigail Sellen, Richard H. R. Harper, Siân E...
COGSCI
2006
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13 years 4 months ago
Aging and the Use of Context in Ambiguity Resolution: Complex Changes From Simple Slowing
Older and younger adults' abilities to use context information rapidly during ambiguity resolution were investigated. In Experiments 1 and 2, younger and older adults heard a...
Karen Stevens Dagerman, Maryellen C. MacDonald, Mi...
ASSETS
2008
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Creating and evaluating a video vocabulary for communicating verbs for different age groups
Icons and digital images used in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are not as effective in illustrating verbs, especially for people with cognitive degeneration or ...
Xiaojuan Ma, Perry R. Cook